____/ Matt on Sunday 16 March 2008 00:13 : \____
> I don't know whether anyone's posted this yet.
>
> Florian Schiessl of Munich IT should have reported by now on Munich's
> progress at a conference in Bern.
>
> http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7393
> (((((
>> CH: OpenExpo 2008
>> 12 - 13 March 2008, Bern, Switzerland
>>
>> The Swiss Open Systems User Group (/ch/open) and many other institutes and
>> companies are organising the OpenExpo in Bern, Switzerland on March 12 and
>> 13. The programme lists fifty presentations, 19 of which are related to the
>> use of Open Source by public administrations.
>>
>> François Marthaler, who works for the government of the Swiss canton Waadt,
>> for example will argue how Open Source ensures independence of public
>> administrations. He will also show how Open Source benefits maintenance and
>> development of applications for public administrations.
>>
>> A second speaker is Florian Schiessl, who works at the IT department of the
>> German city Munich. He will evaluate the German city's public administration
>> first year of working with an Open Source desktop. "Challenges are the
>> integration of the GNU/Linux clients with the IT infrastructure, the making
>> available of specialised applications and the switch to OpenOffice."
>>
>> A third presentation is by Rüdiger Czieschla, representing the public
>> administration of the German city Freiburg. He will discuss the benefits of
>> the city's migration to OpenOffice. "It has been worth it for many reasons,
>> not only because it saved half a million euro."
>>
>> Access to the conference is free of charge.
> )))))
Microsoft is very afraid of Munich.
Mention the word "Munich" and witness a bunch of rabid dogs jumping at you
barking. Several cities in Europe are watching Munich before they give the
go-ahead to migrations mimicking the Munich model. It's very important for
Microsoft to use bullying (pressuring people out of their job), Munchkins,
fabricated stories.... /ANYTHING/... to make Munich's migration seem
unsuccessful. It's the same with the non-news that Wal-Mart still sells Linux,
but via the Web site. Microsoft needs to make noise where it can change
perception.
Here is Microsoft's explanation about its "JIHAD" against rivals: (*raises
eyebrows*)
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
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